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the garden. F. religiosa, which looks like a glorified cottonwood, 

 is the sacred Ti or Bo or Pipal Tree of the Hindus; a rapid grower 

 and quite ornamental. F. elastica is the original India Rubber 

 Tree, much cultivated in rooms and plant houses in the north; 

 here it becomes an immense, wide-spreading tree. F. altissima 

 is a handsome tree with large, glossy leaves; F. panduratd has 

 very large fiddle-shaped foliage and has not long been introduced 

 into Florida. F. bengalensis is the famous Banyan Tree which 

 drops numbers of air roots that establish themselves in the ground 

 until the tree covers a large area. F. rubiginosa, F. macrophylla, 



F. cunninghami, F. infectoria and several others are cultivated 

 in our area. F. parcelli has finely variegated leaves, green, 

 splashed white; F. nymphaefolia has cordate, pointed, glossy 

 leaves a foot in length. All the above are growing in my grounds 

 and are, no doubt, tender. A number of species drop air roots 

 which fasten into the ground and produce banyan trees on a 

 small scale. 



Gardnia morella, Gamboge tree. I have a fine young specimen 

 of this and it promises to be a most beautiful ornament in a short 

 time as it is a rapid grower. The leaves are large, long and glossy, 

 of very thick texture and brown red when young. As it is a 

 native of Malaya and Ceylon it is, no doubt, quite tender. 



Gremllea robusta is widely grown throughout southern Florida, 

 doing pretty well over most of the peninsula. It is extensively 

 used at the north as a pot plant for its ornamental, fern-like 

 foliage, but here it becomes a large tree and bears clusters of 

 curious and handsome flowers arranged on one side of the rachis. 



G. banksii is in my grounds and is a most attractive tree. Its 

 handsome leaves are deeply pinnatifid and for a long time in 

 summer and fall it bears compact heads of brilliant red, peculiar 

 flowers. I have a variety with creamy white blossoms. All are 

 of the easiest culture in pine or hammock land if moderately 

 fertilized. The last two are probably somewhat hardy. 



Guaiacum officinale, Lignum-vitae. A slow growing West In- 

 dian tree with curious compound, shining leaves which bears 

 attractive blue flowers. It should have plenty of fertilizer and 

 a rather dry soil. 



Haematoxylon campeachianum, Logwood. A small, straggling 



